Thanks, James!! The intricate center was the original Apo, so I made a GIMP paintbrush out of some of the simplest parts and “painted” them here and there at different scales to create a “handmade curlscope design” over a gimp gradient. Then spiced it up with “cartoon” and “canvas” features in GIMP. :o)))

Thanks, Jacqui!!! Peter Maxx, who illustrated much of the Beatles’ work (album covers and clearly influenced the artistic style of the animate movie “Yellow Submarine”) definitely had a color sense that I’ve always liked. Just hope there aren’t any “Blue Meanies” in this one… :o)))